--- title: But he never dared to trust her with his secret; he feared her, thou… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he never dared to trust her with his secret; he feared her, though he loved her, for she was of the race of the Ogres, and the King would never have married her had it not been for her vast riches; it was even whispered about the Court that she had Ogreish inclinations, and that, whenever she sa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/77/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 77 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 77 But he never dared to trust her with his secret; he feared her, though he loved her, for she was of the race of the Ogres, and the King would never have married her had it not been for her vast riches; it was even whispered about the Court that she had Ogreish inclinations, and that, whenever she saw little children passing by, she had all the difficulty in the world to avoid falling upon them. **Who acts:** manner, queen, that, little children · **What happens:** not dare, not trust, fear, love, be, not marry · **To what, where:** queen, King, race, Ogreish inclinations, little children, difficulty This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (manner, queen, that, little children), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:10:77 # text = But he never dared to trust her with his secret; he feared her, though he loved her, for she was of the race of the Ogres, and the King would never have married her had it not been for her vast riches; it was even whispered about the Court that she had Ogreish inclinations, and that, whenever she saw little children passing by, she had all the difficulty in the world to avoid falling upon them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 though though SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Ogres Ogre PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 50 even even ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 whispered whisper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 52 about about ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 58 Ogreish ogreish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 inclinations inclination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 62 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 66 advmod _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 67 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ _ 69 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 acl _ _ 70 by by ADP IN _ 69 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 74 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 76 det:predet _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 advcl _ _ 82 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 81 xcomp _ _ 83 upon upon ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dare** | past | manner | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **trust** | to-infinitive | manner *not said here* | | queen | | | with manner's secret | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with secret=Theme | | 3 | **fear** | past | manner | queen | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **love** | past | manner | queen | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | for the race; of the Ogres | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **marry** | would · perfect · passive | | the King | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | manner *not said here* | race | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | | | for queen's vast riches | tree rules | | 9 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | race | | | | about the Court | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **have** | past | queen | Ogreish inclinations | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inclination=Patient | | 11 | **see** | past | that | little children | | | | whenever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 12 | **pass by** | gerund | little children *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **have** | past | queen | all difficulty | | the world | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient | | 14 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 15 | **fall** | gerund | queen *not said here* | | | | | upon king | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/78/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)